You are an Apple hater cause Tom says so...don't disagree with the Tom. On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:35 PM, phartz...@gmail.com <phartz...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > What I wrote was my personal opinion. I was not parroting what > others have said in the paragraph that you quoted. I am not an Apple > hater. > > I do not know of anyone, including myself, who is proclaiming that > Apple is going out of the computer business, and I certainly indicated > nothing along that line. > > Apple can cede the business desktop and laptop computing market to > Windows without skipping a beat in terms of its income and stock > value. Even as Apple has made some inroads in that business market, > it will take them years and years to really make a truly noticeable > dent in that sector at their current pace. What Apple can do very > successfully, and very quickly, is to grab the consumer level > computer market, and it happens to be my suspicion that is what they > are going to focus on, and the iPad paves the way. > > Consumer level computer users want computers that work without any > hassles, and Apple can provide that. However, even iMacs and MacBooks > and Mini's are too daunting for many, perhaps even most folks. > They'll want an iPad because any four year old can use it. Adults can > use it too. It is an appliance, yet also a computer. Mr. Jobs sees > the iPad as being the future of computing, and he would not be averse > to having the iPad being labeled as an appliance as long as it is > selling. Wait until he puts a phone in it. > > What the iPad does is what most folks want out of a computer. Why > buy a MacBook Pro or an iMac or even a Mini when an iPad will do,? > Apple can run iOS in most of their larger computers, sell all the > software, and make millions upon millions of dollars doing so. Would > Apple be guilty of "dumbing down" the computer market? Perhaps that > could be said, but at the same time, there are countless millions of > computer users and potential computer users out there in the world who > are dumb about computers to begin with, and would be very happy to be > able to do their simple tasks on a machine that any child can easily > use. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
